Chen Qiushu returned to the east room, where Old Man Shen was taking a nap on the kang.
Hearing the noise, he opened his eyes and saw that it was his youngest son who had returned. He quickly sat up and asked impatiently, "What did Li's daughter say? How much do they plan to ask for in betrothal gifts?"
"She didn't say how much she wanted. She said she would wait for our matchmaker to come to her house before discussing it."
Shen Qiushu took off his cotton shoes and quickly put his feet into the quilt that covered Old Man Shen’s legs. He was freezing and his toes were almost frozen.
"Didn't tell? Then what did they ask you to do? I don't believe her family didn't let anything out? You two have been together for such a long time, and you can't even handle such a small matter. I really don't know what to say to you."
Old man Shen pointed at Shen Qiushu in frustration, his finger almost touching his forehead.
"Oh, this was originally asked by the matchmaker, why do you always ask me to do it?" Chen Qiushu was extremely annoyed.
Old Man Shen was so angry that his temples ached. He closed his eyes and leaned against the wall at the head of the kang. "Didn't I know that it was the matchmaker who asked this? I just wanted you to say something nice to Li's daughter, so that she could help talk to her parents and ask for less money?"
"Your two nephews are about to get married, so shouldn't you save some money?"
"Okay, after all, it's all for your eldest grandson!"
Chen Qiushu finally figured it out. It turned out that it wasn't for himself. As if on the road this morning, he felt a little guilty for quarreling with his father!
Having just suffered a blow from his own mother in his second brother's room, Shen Qiushu's dissatisfaction with his eldest brother reached a new level when he returned to the east room because his eldest brother's family was disliked by his own father.
"What does their marriage have to do with me? And they're taking advantage of me? I won't do it. I have to have what others have, not even a little bit."
Chen Qiushu stiffened his neck and refused to accept it. What did it have to do with him whether those two bastards in his eldest brother's family could have a family? Why should he be inferior to his future wife?
"We are all family, why should we separate you and me? As long as I am here, no one can think of splitting up the family!" Old Man Shen said this in a firm tone.
If it weren't for him, this family would have fallen apart long ago.
"I didn't say I wanted to split up the family. Besides, I can't agree even if you did. They both have families, but I'm still single!"
Chen Qiushu felt that his father was a little bit puzzling. He was talking about getting married, but ended up talking about dividing the family property.
Old Man Shen: "As long as we don't split up, we are one family. Isn't your eldest brother's son one of your family? Isn't it right for you to save some money for them to start their own family?"
"Tsk, if you say so, we are all family, so what's yours and mine? Then are the wives of the eldest and second brothers also my wives?"
"You...you...you bastard, are you talking like a human being? I'll beat you to death, you little bastard, and teach you a lesson for talking nonsense every day."
Old man Shen was so angry that his eyes turned black and he was looking for the broom all over the kang. He was determined to give the third brother a good beating today.
Seeing that the old man was really angry, Shen Qiushu rolled down the ground and said, "I was just talking casually, why do you take it so seriously?"
"Just stand there and I'll tell you to keep spewing shit. You're a grown man, why are you saying anything out loud?"
Old man Shen held the broom in his right hand and hit his third son on the head.
Is Chen Qiushu the one standing there waiting to be beaten?
He didn't even bother to put on his shoes and ran out with the things in his hands.
"Stop right there, you bastard, come back." Old man Shen didn't get off the kang, but knelt on the edge of the kang and cursed at Shen Qiushu's back.
How could Chen Qiushu, who had already run to the yard, go back obediently? Seeing that it was still early, he put on his shoes and went straight to Ergouzi's house.
In the room, Old Man Shen listened to the footsteps gradually fading away, and sat on the kang, panting.
After thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't get rid of his anger, so he simply put on his shoes, went to the small east room angrily, and scolded Old Lady Wang who was lying on the kang.
"Look at your good son, he's already 20 years old, but he doesn't know anything. He just runs around outside every day and doesn't do any work. It's all because of you."
"When I tried to control him when he was little, you stopped me. Now you lie on the bed pretending to be dead and leave me with a mess."
"You're a spendthrift old woman. Marrying you really ruined the fortune of our Shen family."
This sudden scolding made even Shen Siyue look confused, not to mention Old Lady Wang.
What did Chen Qiushu do to make old man Shen so angry?
Old man Shen on the other side scolded Old Lady Wang until his mouth was dry and he stopped, breathing heavily and walking away angrily.
He wanted to go back to the east room, but when he thought that there was no one to talk to in the room, Old Man Shen turned and walked towards the door. It was uncomfortable to be stuck at home, so he might as well go out and find someone to chat with.
Old Mrs. Wang was left confused and bewildered, but she also understood that her eldest son must have done something to make the old man angry.
Unfortunately, she could neither speak nor move now and could only stare anxiously.
Shen Siyue looked at Old Lady Wang twisting her neck and looking outside, so she said, "Want to know what's going on? Then I'll go out and take a look." After that, she turned around and left the small east room.
Shen Siyue went straight into the east room, where no one was, and sat for a while, then felt bored, so she got up and walked out.
When he saw the door curtain of the west room, he suddenly became curious. He climbed over the door and lifted the curtain, and saw Shen Weimin lying on the kang with an injured foot.
"Mom..." Shen Weimin thought it was his mother who came back, but when he looked, it turned out to be that little crazy girl. He was so scared that he sat up quickly.
"What are you doing here?"
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